diff --git a/srcpkgs/ascii/template b/srcpkgs/ascii/template
index e68f12e5834..8f16e81c03b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ascii/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ascii/template
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'ascii'
 pkgname=ascii
-version=3.16
+version=3.17
 revision=1
 short_desc="List ASCII idiomatic names and octal/decimal code-point forms"
 maintainer="Michael Gehring <mg@ebfe.org>"
 license="BSD"
 homepage="http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii"
 distfiles="http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/ascii-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a94bb3970e8f1f63566f055517aecbdd46b11c4ccf142f77ffb80a79994f03a9
+checksum=94e55080fa20168cb9501693d7715869f329a7be1e74de0bd55faa493ee25445
 
 do_build() {
-	make CC="${CC}" CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}"
+	make CC="${CC}" CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}" VERS=${version}
 }
 
 do_install() {